"So, you gonna use us as bait, eh?"
Says Levi, in a cocky tone.
"No.. that was a technique my brother had told me to do if any kind of human thing like us ever appeared, to scare them off ofcource. Maybe my brother would, but I wouldn't."
Replies Zane, who is still peering outside the window, as it shakes every so often, when the Snowgeezer stomps his foot.
"I'm going out to kill it, you all stay here."
"Why do you need to kill it? It's not like it's after us."
Asks Ayase.
"If it's not after us, it's after something else. Something rare. If I don't stop it, it could end up consuming all of our food recourses, and destroying there homes, which could result in lots of fresh food being lost. Along with that, I've been preserving many endangered species in this forest."
"We can help! Trust me, we are strong."
Says Ayase, in hopes of possibly finding Teddy on the way.
"No. I don't care how strong you are, if you don't know how to kill these beasts, it's simple. You won't."
Zane rushes towards a cabinet towards the right hand side of the fire place, before dragging it out, revealing many man-made bullets, that may not be as strong as regular ones, but have instead been built to some-what counter the mutant beasts that travel the forests.
As Zane grabs multiple bullets, stacked neatly in a rugged wooden box, he quickly rushes towards the front door, grabbing the rifle he had leaned against the front wall upon entering.
"No one follow me. You'll get killed."
He slams the door behind him, before heading east towards the Snowgeezer, who is on a hunt for, what could possibly be a rare mutant, or animal.
As the family sit in silence, pondering on the past few hours, Carl decides to make a move, before standing up from the cloud-like sofa, before heading towards the front door.
"I'm going after him. Something isn't adding up.. I think that this 'rare' species could possibly be a human."
"After all, Zane did say it hunted too."
"No."
Said Levi abruptly.
"Me and you need to have a chat."
There sat Levi, sat next to a small, half-broken wooden table, with two chairs standing either side of it, one was occupied with Levi.
"I have a better plan on how to save Teddy."
Says Levi, with a slight smile.
As Carl heads towards Levi, he sits down on one of the chairs, before almost slipping out of it due to a slight tilt at the bottom of the chair.
As he places his hands ontop of the table, he is met with a sticky hand, as he irritatedly wipes the sticky substance off of the side of his hand, before asking Levi..
"So, what's up? What ya got planned?"
Levi begins to arch his back forward, before in twining his fingers together, and placing them under his chin, as both of his elbows rest upon the table. Levi smirks a little, as his eyes almost seen to shine purple ever so often..
"When the boar attacked, Carl, I saw you put away a certain.. item, right before it attacked.. what was that?"
Asks Levi, in a calm tone.
"I'm not sure how this relates to Teddy.."
"Just answer it, Carl, I saw you put it in your mouth, before doing some sort of blowing motion, then quickly hiding it after. What was it?"
Levi says with no hesitation.
"Uhh.. if you really want to know."
Carl begins to stutter his words, before reaching into his pocket.
As he reaches in, he fiddles around in it, before eventually pulling out a stork where a cherry should be lying.
"I was merely eating some cherries before it attacked. I didn't want anyone to know that I had ate some of our rations in secret."
Replies Carl, before dropping the piece of cherry back into his pocket.
As Carl, looks back up at Levi he asks..
"Is that all you wanted to ask?"
But Levi doesn't reply, instead his eyes seem to be wide open, as more glowing purple aura flows through his pupil.
As he deeply stares towards Carl's left pocket, he snaps out of his daze before turning back to Carl.
"Your lying."
He says a sudden.
"W-what are you talking about?"
Says Carl, confused.
"Anyway, that's not the only question I wanted to ask.."
Levi begins to crouch even more forward, before crossing his leg over the other.
His grin begins to slowly grow wider, as the purple aura now begins to grow wider..
'You mentioned that the Snowgeezer goes after humans, correct?' Asks Levi, his calm voice clearly not matching his terrifying grin..
'Well, yeah.. that's what Zane said?' Replied Carl, followed by a nervous laugh..
'Are you sure? Levi replies, his voice almost echoing violently through Carl's mind, as he stands up, and moves his face forwards towards Carl, as not only is his large grin is terrifying, but also his eyes, as his pupils grow smaller, the purple aura grows larger, as he connects eye contact with Carl, his bones begin to shiver from true fear..
'Because..' It almost sounds like Levi is about to burst out laughing, but his calm deminer is holding him back, as he stare down Carl, these words shake him through his bone.. 'As I recall.. Zane never mentioned anything about the Snowgeezer hunting humans...'
Carl sits back in his chair, but as he tries to escape the eye contact from Levi, his head seems to be stuck in place, as he tries to glance away, all he can see at the corner of his eye is the terrifying beast that is Levi.. He can't escape his gaze.. Carl is trapped.
'Look, I'm not necessarily saying this in a bad way.. but do you know things we don't?'
Levi's left eye begins to seemingly enlarge, as he peers into the depths of Carl's soul.. 'Oh.. and one last thing before you try and escape.. what are pigs.. Carl? What are pigs?'
As Carl almost seemed to take his final breath before trying to escape what could only be represented as a devil, a loud, shaking raw could be heard from inside the forest.. it gave if the same strong pressure as the Snowgeezer.. could Zane be in trouble?
As Carl hears the sound, he is snapped out of his terrifying trance, before looking back at Levi, who now appears to be silently slouching back on his chair like nothing happened..
As Carl stands up to reflect on what just happened, he looks back at Levi one last time, but this time not one of terror.. but one of anger, as his teeth could be heard gritting from a mile away, his anger didn't stop as Levi simply sat there, unfazed and smirking.. Levi had gotten under his skin.. Levi's presence was so strong, he managed to make Carl hallucinate, as the 'devil' he saw, and the purple aura were not the work of beliefs.. but one of fear.. what Carl had experienced was nothing but unwielding fear...
What is happening between Carl and Levi? Is Zane safe? And what is happening in the swamp's Hidden Mist? Who knows in this mysterious world...